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Detailed and comprehensive accounts of pre-liming conditions, liming techniques employed, post-liming changes in water quality and fish restoration.

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Author:   G. Howells ,  T.R. Dalziel
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1992 ed.
Weight:   0.844kg
ISBN:  

9781851666638

ISBN 10:   185166663
Pages:   421
Publication Date:   31 March 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I: Introduction, General Principles, and Objectives.- 1: Acidification and Liming in Context.- 2: Soil/Water Acidification and the Potential for Reversibility.- 3: The History of Loch Fleet Fishery and Fresh Water Quality for Fish and other Aquatic Fauna.- II: Site Conditions and Characteristics.- 4: Selection of a Site for Restoration.- 5: Deposition Input Considerations.- 6: Hydrological Considerations.- 7: Shallow Flow Pathways or Pre-event Water?.- 8: Interactions Between Rain, Vegetation, and Soils.- III: Liming Design and Practice.- 9: Liming Design and Strategy at Loch Fleet.- 10: Alternatives to Catchment Liming.- IV: Effects Of Liming.- 11: Soils of Acid Catchments Before and After Liming.- 12: Water Quality of Surface Waters Before and After Liming.- 13: Fishery Restoration after Liming.- 14: Other Aquatic Biology: Flora and Fauna.- 15: Terrestrial Biology in Limed Catchments.- V: General Issues.- 16: Targets and Time-scales of Liming Treatments.- 17: The Loch Fleet Project and Catchment Liming in Perspective.

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... a well corganized synthesis of pre-and post-intervention research addressing catchment acidification...a good up-to-date source for students looking for information on acid deposition and potential remedies. - Journal of the North American Beuthological Society

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